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Every student has access to an Internet connected mobile device. Now what? If you are at a district that has entered the 21st Century and made the decision to provide technology access to every student, congratulations, you’ve taken you’re first step into a larger world. What happens in that larger world is up to you.…
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The 9.7″ iPad Pro arrived this week and I think the picture says it all. The ink experience on this thing is amazing. I’m an old college rule notebook note taker, and in the modern laptop era, I never really made the switch to typing notes because I like to doodle. Enter the iPad Pro…
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Just the other day I was talking with a district about SBAC (CAASPP) testing on Chromebooks. They were commenting that it was such a pain having to switch Chromebooks from single-app kiosk mode back to regular login mode so the kids could use them for learning. To which I paused and said, “You do know you can…
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Fall CUE has come and gone. What a weekend. After an hour and a half turned three and a half hour drive up Thursday night, Friday morning came way too early. CUE had a new registration system in place. One that involved bar codes and printing instead of manual hunt and peck through folders. After…
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This past weekend, Mike Vollmert, my co-host on rebootED podcast, and I helped a one school district jump start their journey into the 21st Century. People that follow my smallschoolbigtech.com podcast know I’ve got a soft spot for small schools. I’ve spent the majority of my edtech career helping small schools go big with technology but…
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An old acronym from my Army days. I think it’s apropos for the general state of technology support in California Public Schools. The above is the work safe definition, by the way. Checkout wikipedia for the grown up version. I’ve been thinking a lot about tech support lately. The boots on the ground, in your face…
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Chromebooks are all the rage in education circles these days. I suspect it’s because of their low cost and minimal support requirements. Even traditional Windows and Apple shops are finding it hard to say no to them when faced with rapid demand for student mobile devices and a test friendly platform. Now that Asus and…
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Building a sound computing environment that provides “enterprise class” services for schools on a California budget isn’t rocket science. It involves making smart choices and focusing on what’s important. Plant some cable. It’s the foundation for everything. Crap cable equals a crap network. Wifi like starbucks. Instant on and connected to the web. Buy the features…
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There has been much discussion about the best way to administer the SBAC test on iPads. Look no further. Follow this simple 5 step process and you’ll be all set. Step 1: Buy a Digital AV HDMI Adapter (brand unknown) Step 2: Buy a Logitech Wired Keyboard For iPad (30-Pin) Step 3: Connect HDMI Adapter to…
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I’ve been averaging an edtech conference a month for a few years now, and in some months, like this upcoming February, I’ll be at edtech events three Saturdays in a row. Obviously this puts a bit of a strain on the family what with two kids and the wife and all. It gets even more…
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